Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] she [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robyn stared out and tried to control her trembling bottom lip . |
| 2 | It would be easy enough to envy him if she had n't seen that terrible mark on his shoulder — — he 'd taught her to read those letters . |
| 3 | She was tired , Carolyn reflected , she 'd missed her sleep that morning because of Mum and Dad . |
| 4 | Another thought struck her — the farmhouse he 'd taken her to see that morning … could he have gone there ? |
| 5 | Not the gentle swaying to the tide that had lulled her to sleep last night but a definite purposeful movement . |
| 6 | She said the cable network had stopped her taking more control . |
| 7 | What on earth had possessed her to volunteer that information ? she wondered numbly . |
| 8 | He had made her laugh several times , had laughed once at something she 'd said , she recalled , and the entire evening had gone by on winged feet . |
| 9 | And , as she had invited her to have another look around , it was almost seven o'clock by the time Leith turned into the select avenue of her present home . |
| 10 | Luke Travis 's manner of interviewing had precluded her asking many questions about the work . |
| 11 | A few years ago , he had replaced her squished left eye with her first optic implant . |
| 12 | If Tom had asked her to give extra blood , then they were definitely planning to transfuse , but this told her nothing about whether the baby would be delivered that night . |
| 13 | Long-standing commercial interests in the Pacific and the Far East had led her to acquire naval bases in Hawaii and the Philippine Islands ( annexed in 1898 ) along with a stake in the China trade . |
| 14 | Charles Harvey had spotted her drinking milky Nescafe at half-time , and had told himself that he should make inquiries as to who she was . |
| 15 | Solveig Shjelstad remembers clearly how because he was so badly disfigured , her mother had sent her to collect small branches to lay over his body before the coffin was sealed . |
| 16 | Probably — yet , with Vitor 's presence seeming to fill the room , a sense of self-preservation had insisted she erect some barrier between them . |